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1. A person under stress may have a lowered resistance to
infection.
T or F: True
2. The B vitamins are :
a. essential for normal cellular metabolism
b. involved in the oxidation of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins
c. grouped because they are in the same foods
d. all of the above.: all of the above.
3. Deficiency of vitamin causes
osteomalacia
a. E
b. D
c. C
d. A: b. D
4. Circulation is vital because it
,a. inflates the lungs
b. delivers carbon dioxide to tissues and removes excess oxygen
c. supplies oxygen and nutrients to and remove wastes from tissues
d. delivers wastes to tissues: c. supplies oxygen and nutrients to and remove wastes from
tissues
5. Fat-soluble vitamins are
a. absorbed more readily in the presence of bile salts
b. excreted rapidly by the kidneys
c. easily destroyed by heat during cooking
d. not stored in tissues: a. absorbed more readily in the presence of bile salts
6. The stomach is C- shaped and extends from the duodenum to
the spleen. T or F: False
7. "Formed elements" are
a. blood and lymph
b. serum and plasma
c. blood cells and platelets
d. sodium and potassium: c. blood cells and platelets
,8. Lymph transports fat molecules with longer chains of carbon
atoms away from the intestine.
T or F: True
9. Interleukin-1 secretion causes
a. an allergic reaction
b. an antibody response
c. a fever
d. cytokine secretion: c. a fever
10. Which of the following terms is (are) defined correctly?
a. Adequate diet-diet that provides sufficient energy and essential
nutrients for growth, maintenance , and repair of tissues.
b. Malnutrition- poor nutrition that results from a lack of essential
nutrients
c. Bulimia- binging and purging
d. All of the above: D. all of the above
11. Which of the following are most active as phaocytes?
a. erythrocytes
b. eosinophils
, c. neutrophils.
d. basophils: c. neutrophils.
12. Secretion of glucagon causes
a. an increase in the formation of fat
b. an increase in the concentration of blood glucose
c. an increase in the permeability of the cell membrane to glucose
d. an increase in glycogen: b. an increase in the concentration of blood glucose
13. Steroid hormones
a. are soluble in lipids
b. combine with protein receptor muscles
c. cause messenger RNA synthesis
d. all of the above: d. all of the above
14. A set of primary teeth consists of 20 teeth, whereas a set of
secondary teeth consists of 32 teeth.
T or F: True
15. Carbohydrates include cholesterol and
phospholidids T or F: False